I just found out our fellow member aj de lange is a water profile authority. I was going to pm aj de lange for this but I am curious about this and what others might say about this too.
Ok I was talking to one of my brewing friends and i told him I want to make my own water profile out of RO. I said Ill add chalk, gypsum, baking soda etc... ok his reply was "If i do that I will be missing other essential minerals/compounds like copper etc... that make beer taste better" along the lines of that
John Palmer only talks about the basic minerals and in the brew strong series they also ignore it.
So my questions are as follows.
Are copper, boron and other compounds/minerals that im not aware of essential to beer taste or does it make it taste beer just a little better?
If these substances are beneficial is it in the mash, the boil or fermentation (yeast health).
What styles are these substances important and what ratios if they are.
What are these compounds other than copper.
In my report I see boron, barium, selenium(i eat eggs everyday selenium must be good) lead and copper.
Ok I was talking to one of my brewing friends and i told him I want to make my own water profile out of RO. I said Ill add chalk, gypsum, baking soda etc... ok his reply was "If i do that I will be missing other essential minerals/compounds like copper etc... that make beer taste better" along the lines of that
John Palmer only talks about the basic minerals and in the brew strong series they also ignore it.
So my questions are as follows.
Are copper, boron and other compounds/minerals that im not aware of essential to beer taste or does it make it taste beer just a little better?
If these substances are beneficial is it in the mash, the boil or fermentation (yeast health).
What styles are these substances important and what ratios if they are.
What are these compounds other than copper.
In my report I see boron, barium, selenium(i eat eggs everyday selenium must be good) lead and copper.